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diff --git a/lib/full-write.c b/lib/full-write.c
index 2a65ac5e5..aa8cff35d 100644
--- a/lib/full-write.c
+++ b/lib/full-write.c
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ extern int errno;
#endif
/* Write LEN bytes at PTR to descriptor DESC, retrying if interrupted.
- Return LEN upon success, write's (negative) error code otherwise. */
+ Return LEN upon success, write's (negative) error code otherwise.
+ As the name implies, this function writes all LEN bytes and returns
+ LEN or it fails and returns the negative value returned by the (final)
+ failing write. */
int
full_write (desc, ptr, len)